GRE Word List

ELLIPTICAL

of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse

The meaning of the word elliptical is of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse.

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apprehensiveviewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future
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interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
extantcurrently or actually existing
statelymarked by lofty or imposing dignity
apathylack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness
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haggleto cut roughly or clumsily : hack
recidivisma tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior
colossusa statue of gigantic size and proportions